Authentication in the Yandex Cloud API

To work via the API, you can use an IAM token or an API key. You can use any of these authentication methods to work with Prometheus.

IAM tokenIAM token

An IAM token is a unique sequence of characters issued to the user following authentication.

How to get an IAM token:

• Guide for Yandex accounts.
• Guide for service accounts.
• Guide for a federated or local account.

Specify the received IAM token when accessing Yandex Cloud resources via the API. Provide the IAM token in the Authorization header in the following format:

Authorization: Bearer <IAM_token>

API keyAPI key

The API key is a secret key only used for simplified authorization of service accounts with the Yandex Cloud API.

Guide to obtaining an API key for service accounts.

See alsoSee also

Accounts in Yandex Cloud